disgust

Example Sentences

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I wish I could tell you that my staunch hatred of this technology, especially in academics, made me turn my head in disgust.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Instead of getting bogged down on the day-to-day of your job, and your growing disgust for it, fixate on your bigger purpose, said Nancy Ancowitz, a career strategist, and do something to nourish that.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

During the talk, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a Sudanese Australian writer, walked out in disgust, later calling it “a poisoned package wrapped up in arrogance and delivered with condescension.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

I could feel their disgust and their self-righteous cancellation in every one of the innumerable wounds I already had.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Fact: According to my research, people have twenty-one expressions, all a smashed-up combination of six: sadness, happiness, fear, anger, disgust, and surprise.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas